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Fair enough, thanks for the link adda.

Quote: Originally Posted by kim kap sol Perhaps one day there will be Chinese soldiers patrolling american soil in search of al Qaeda and killing innocent american civilians in the process. Ditto here...maybe then will US citizens understand why so many civilians in other countries hate them so much for their own illegal interventions over the past 100 years..."Destiny manifest" my ass.

Quote: Originally Posted by anakin1992 rules or laws are nothing if there is no leverage. for a desperate guy, any damages he incurred to other can only be repaid by jailing him, if he can not provide any monetary remedy to the victim. but if he is rich instead, it would be a different thing. the same token for wto rules. if china does not have current status as newly rich, who would ever complain its commerce practice? china has to think...

Quote: Originally Posted by Aizmov then why block wikipedia ? Because China is using atrocious means to get what they want. I never said I agreed with the way China is trying to become a superpower.

Quote: Originally Posted by Damn_Its_Hot … than that reality ghost buster crap and wrestling. How did that get on SyFy anyway? They both cover the ‘fiction” aspect of the channel and both can be scientifically disproven as ‘real’ so there you go.

Yes, we Americans are pretty whacked. Our government complains that Google is censoring speech on the Chinese government's behalf. Yet, the same government gives tax breaks to american companies that move american manufacturing jobs to China, which benefits China because American companies pay China for the privilege. Before Apple wasn't allowed to build certain Macs in China because the technology was considered a security threat to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Magic_Al My question is whether Americans' embrace of an absolute free-market ideology is becoming powerful enough to threaten liberty: if China succeeds economically while being repressive, some Americans may actually think that "proves" there's no money in freedom and America should be like China: virtually enslave the masses and propagandize them to believe their lives' ambition...

Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich The impression I got was that the Chinese are largely satisfied with what is currently offered to them in terms of opportunity, and few of them care about freedom of expression with regard to politics. I just haven't seen evidence of it firsthand. freedom of expression historically was rich in chinese society, but it has its own limit. china has its own unique civil administration system which is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Damn_Its_Hot I agree with that - since I brought SyFy into the mix I figured I should qualify that. The original programming is mostly good (the examples listed here). I can do without the other stuff and especially these weekly much worse than B movies they play up each week for Sat night. I didn't mean to get so far off topic but while we're already in the ditch headed for the fence - I would much...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chintan100 Man, how do people even live in such a country. I have an indian friend who shifted there to work at a manufacturing plant of an indian mobile phone company and he told even blogspot was banned in china and now twitter too. One might ask the same question of Americans. Or rather, why don't Americans stand up to ever-increasing encroachments on liberty? CarolinaLiberty.com